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Linking objects to a path for quick and easy bending around
by username132 03 Jan '08

03 Jan '08

Is there some way that I can link objects to a path so that I can change the path and have the objects follow it? I've made an SVG to demonstrate what I mean (in this example, I had to move the objects manually to match the path. This would be a very tedious method for my actual intention. http://www.petaimg.com/uploads/1198962735.svg http://www.petaimg.com/uploads/1198962735.svg My actual intention is to construct a PCR (OE-PCR) illustration for Wikipedia. If you take a look at this, made by someone else: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/DNA_polymerase.svg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/DNA_polymerase.svg you see the DNA strands that I have in mind. I want to be able to bend them easily as though they were a single contiguous path, without having to re-adjust each object. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Linking-objects-to-a-path-for-quick-and-easy-bending-… Sent from the Inkscape - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Replacing all stamped copies of an object
by Rob Antonishen 03 Jan '08

03 Jan '08

Say I have an object (a circle for example) that I have stamped a whole bunch of times by draging and clicking the spacebar. Is there an easy way to replace each of them with a different object stamp? Sort of an object search and replace? -Rob A.

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[NEW] blend modes moved to layers
by MenTaLguY 01 Jan '08

01 Jan '08

Because SVG has problems dealing with blends on non-top-level children (in our case, that generally means non-layers), I've moved blend modes selection to the layers dialog and made it per-layer rather than per-object. If you have existing artwork with blend modes on individual objects, or want to create new artwork with blend modes on individual objects, that can still be done from the SVG filters dialog. -mental

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using inkscape to convert svg to jpeg - from a plugin
by Jayesh Salvi 31 Dec '07

31 Dec '07

Hi, If you might have noticed, I posted a message about the plugin/extension I wrote to upload images to Flickr/Picasaweb. An important part of this plugin is to convert SVG to JPEG, because both of the above services don't accept SVG images. So the solution I am using in the current version of plugin is, using ImageMagick's "convert" command to do the above image format transformation. This is not an elegant approach, in my opinion. I can't get it to work on windows, etc. I know Inkscape can let you save an SVG image as jpeg. But don't know how to do this programmatically. My extension works as an "output" extension, so it is triggered by the filename extension (.web). This mechanism pretty much isolates the extension developer from having programmatic interface with inkscape functionality. So I am not sure how I can access inkscape's svg-2-jpeg functionality, if at all there is an API exposing it. It is also a possibility to fork another inkscape instance as command line and use --export-png to convert to PNG (I think flickr/picasa will accept png). But the conversion result was very poor when I tried it. When the SVG image contained some simple black lines on a white background, the resultant PNG contained only black lines and no background. Any suggestions around these ideas will help. Thanks in advance. Cheers! Jayesh

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New 'Inkscape Answers' site
by Bryce Harrington 31 Dec '07

31 Dec '07

Hi all, As some have already noticed, we have a new website for posting usage questions about Inkscape: http://answers.launchpad.net/inkscape/ This is different from the bug tracker - it's for when you have questions about how to do something in Inkscape. It's nice, in that it allows keeping track of if your question has been "Solved" or not. Developers can then easily and quickly peek in for any still open questions. If it turns out your question is really a bug or feature request, it can be easily bumped over into the bug tracker appropriately. I notice that a huge amount of the traffic here on inkscape-user@ has been usage questions; I hope Answers will give a more powerful and reliable way to gain an answer to your Inkscape usage questions, and allow the inkscape-user@ list to focus on more artistic and technique discussions. :-) Bryce

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Handling objects in stacks
by Eireson 28 Dec '07

28 Dec '07

i have been attempting to 'unstack' items returned from potrace. since i often have many groups stacked as a result of multiple scan passes, it can get difficult to manage them. I attempted to use 'export groups as PNG' but nothing happens. anyone have any idea how i can efficiently separate a deep stack of groups? geo. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Handling-objects-in-stacks-tp14521057p14521057.html Sent from the Inkscape - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Development packages for OS X (About screen contest)
by jiho 27 Dec '07

27 Dec '07

Hi everyone, Thanks to the help of several people, there are now recent development builds of Inkscape for PowerPC (G4-G5), as well as prebuilt python modules for all machines (ppc and intel) and all python versions currently available on OS X (2.3 - 2.5). These new builds are available on modevia as usual: http://inkscape.modevia.com/macosx-snap/?C=M;O=D Python packages are integrated into the application so drag Inkscape and drop it somewhere on your machine (e.g. in Applications) and everything should "just work". There are two PPC packages (dec24 and 16774) which should work on Tiger and Leopard and one i386 (Intel) package (16834) which, unfortunately, is Leopard-only. These should be still in time for the about screen contest and will provide good testing for the release. Cheers to all those involved in PPC compiling. JiHO --- http://jo.irisson.free.fr/

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PDF export stroke bug?
by Alexander Bonivento 27 Dec '07

27 Dec '07

Hello everyone, and happy Xmas! I noticed a small thing, dunno if it's a bug or not. Attached you will find: - svgsource.svg This is the svg source of this test - ink_0_44_1.pdf SVG file exported with Inkscape 0.44.1 (Sep 9 2006) - ink_0_45_devel.pdf SVG file exported with Inkscape 0.45+devel (Dec 8 2007) All the exports are made in commandline, using the following command: inkscape -z svgsource.svg --export-pdf=xxx.pdf --export-text-to-path While stroke in ink_0_44_1.pdf seems correct, there are broken points in ink_0_45_devel.pdf (for example, look the top-left corner of the "B" letter). Any thought about this? It works with a past version, what may cause this in the SVN i'm using? Thanks in advance, Alex

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shared whiteboard mode
by unknown＠example.com 26 Dec '07

26 Dec '07

I am new to inkscape, and don't use chat much, but am very experianced with Linux overall (I've been useing linux as my desktop for over 10 years now), but I am having problems figuring out how to get the shared whiteboard to work. I got as far as getting a ejabberd server running on my laptop, and I could get two instances of inkscape to see each other enough to be able to do a chat, but I can't get something I draw on one page to show up on another. looking for info on this type of problem on the inkscape website is frustrating, there are refrences to inkboard, and then after I dig further I see that it's been integrated into inkscape for a couple of years now, but I can't find any mention of it in any documentation or tutorial. any suggestions? David Lang

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Assign URL to object?
by Claus Cyrny 26 Dec '07

26 Dec '07

Hi all, recently, I started using embedded SVGs on my web site. Now I would like to make certain objects (say, a circle) clickable by assigning URLs to them. Does Inkscape/SVG support this, and in case that it does, how is this done? I'm assuming, if at all, it would have to be by using the XML editor. TIA, Claus -- Web design,graphics, photography: http://home.arcor.de/ccyrny/ (English|German) Articles: http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewByAuthor.asp?authorID=2153 (English)

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.45 Dec 24 nightly
by Rob Antonishen 26 Dec '07

26 Dec '07

I tried the Dec24 nightly build (win32) for angled guides and it seems to have broken printing.... Anyone else try to print from this build under windows? -Rob A>

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Something changed with --export-ps?
by bulia byak 24 Dec '07

24 Dec '07

On 24 Dec 2007 16:59:34 +0100, Johan Vromans <jvromans@...2328...> wrote: > Hi, > > In a couple of scripts I call inkscape to convert (export) an SVG to > a PS file: > > inkscape --export-ps psfile.ps --export-text-to-path orig.svg I cannot confirm this with svn version, works fine except that I get a warning ** (inkscape:17566): WARNING **: Could not set export-bbox-page option for this export. -- bulia byak Inkscape. Draw Freely. http://www.inkscape.org

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Unsubscribe
by Grey 24 Dec '07

24 Dec '07

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NEW: Angled guidelines
by unknown＠example.com 24 Dec '07

24 Dec '07

Hello all, * Angled Guidelines Now, Inkscape also provides angled guidelines! Double click on a guide to set its angle. Regards, Johan

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Bucket Fill
by Docsonic 22 Dec '07

22 Dec '07

I couldn't figure out why bucket fill didn't seem to work lately - I finally realised, the grow/shrink comes up as 100000 by default so it *does* work but the result is nothing like what is expected. Shouldn't the default for the grow/shrink be 0? Thanks, Tony -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Bucket-Fill-tp14461736p14461736.html Sent from the Inkscape - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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.46 enhancements
by Rob Antonishen 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

Just wanted to say "woo-hoo" for this one: "The Tile Clones dialog now uses the object's defined rotation axis (which can be freely moved by Selector tool and which is saved separately for each object) for all rotations (including both symmetry rotations and the Rotation tab rotations), scales, and flips. This renders unnecessary the previous workarounds where you had to group an object with another transparent object to affect how it's rotated by the clone tiler." from the .46 draft release notes. -Rob A>

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My Scalable Vector Graphics Don't Scale
by Frank Gilroy 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

Hi Folks, This is probably a newbie kind of a question but I couldn't find the answer in the docs or FAQ after 30 minutes or so of looking. When I create an drawing and save it as .svg the image doesn't scale when I open it in Mozilla Firefox or embed it in HTML. Examples: The following image is in SVG format and scales when the browser is resized (I don't know what was used to create this SVG): http://www.carto.net/papers/svg/samples/canvas_norelief.svg The following image was created in Inkscape and doesn't scale: http://frankgilroy.com/uploaded_images/bootstrapgirl.svg Is there a simple setting that will update the XML in the SVG file to allow for this scaling? Frank -- Frank Gilroy Was Here http://www.frankgilroy.com

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Inkscape-user Digest, Vol 19, Issue 21
by Odo 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

Hi, wieing at the source code, the not scaling svg has defined width and height. instead the one witch is scalling right don´t. have you tried to remove this properties? "Saludos" froms spain > Hi Folks, > > This is probably a newbie kind of a question but I couldn't find the answer > in the docs or FAQ after 30 minutes or so of looking. > > When I create an drawing and save it as .svg the image doesn't scale when I > open it in Mozilla Firefox or embed it in HTML. > > Examples: > > The following image is in SVG format and scales when the browser is resized > (I don't know what was used to create this SVG): > > http://www.carto.net/papers/svg/samples/canvas_norelief.svg > > The following image was created in Inkscape and doesn't scale: > > http://frankgilroy.com/uploaded_images/bootstrapgirl.svg > > Is there a simple setting that will update the XML in the SVG file to allow > for this scaling? > > Frank -- <<< this email was written with 100% recycable electrons>>>

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Re: [Inkscape-user] My Scalable Vector Graphics Don't Scale
by Alex 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

Frank, it is an issue with the image viewer, not with the XML file itself. I use Opera - and it scales correctly in this browser. Another example is Gnome's default image viewer (in Fedora, I forgot its name). It doesn't scale the SVG, instead it stretches it (with interpolation) as if it were a raster image; at least this is what happens on my computer. Alex Railean

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Re: [Inkscape-user] My Scalable Vector Graphics Don't Scale (Benjamin Huot)
by Frank Gilroy 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

Interesting. I'm assuming you're on a Mac. Safari on Windows doesn't scale my Inkscape created image either. And when I embed the images in HTML they don't scale in any browser I tried. I haven't tried it on my Mac yet, I'm on a work PC at the moment. Regardless it seems the images should scale when embedded in HTML. Does anyone know the XML tag that controls this? I noticed in the Map image referred to below that the dimensions of the image are specified but when I tried to manually remove them from the Inkspace generated XML it didn't help. Frank > I resized the browser window in Safari and it scaled fine. > > On Dec 21, 2007, at 7:01 AM, Frank Gilroy wrote: > > > Hi Folks, > > > > This is probably a newbie kind of a question but I couldn't find > > the answer in the docs or FAQ after 30 minutes or so of looking. > > > > When I create an drawing and save it as .svg the image doesn't > > scale when I open it in Mozilla Firefox or embed it in HTML. > > > > Examples: > > > > The following image is in SVG format and scales when the browser is > > resized (I don't know what was used to create this SVG): > > > > http://www.carto.net/papers/svg/samples/canvas_norelief.svg > > > > The following image was created in Inkscape and doesn't scale: > > > > http://frankgilroy.com/uploaded_images/bootstrapgirl.svg > > > > Is there a simple setting that will update the XML in the SVG file > > to allow for this scaling? > > > > Frank > > > > -- > > > > Frank Gilroy Was Here > > http://www.frankgilroy.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. > > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Inkscape-user mailing list > > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user > >

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Fw: About PDF Import and a font name problem.
by Kim Hovorka 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

Sincerely, Kim Hovorka 801-785-3669 kimhovorka@...12... --- On Tue, 12/18/07, Kim Hovorka <kimhovorka@...12...> wrote: > From: Kim Hovorka <kimhovorka@...12...> > Subject: About PDF Import and a font name problem. > To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Tuesday, December 18, 2007, 11:39 PM > Hello, > > I have to import PDF files on a daily basis from PDF > drivers such > as Adobe PDF printer driver or PrimoPDF and when importing > one > thing I have recently learned as I am starting to work with > inkscape > is that the Font names seem to not get imported properly > and perhaps > this is a known bug. If the font used to print to the > Driver is > for example Times New Roman, when it is imported to SVG in > inkscape > it is converted to the name TimesNewRoman and the missing > spaces > are the main problem in the font name. If I use a text > editor > and do a search and replace on TimesNewRoman and replace it > with > Times New Roman then the font is used properly. I would > hope this > can be easily corrected. > > I have another question and I don't know if there is > somewhere you > can already do this. It would be nice if the X= value could > be limited > to just a single X coordinate rather than a list in my type > of work so > that the text string is a single string in positioning. > Example: x="-3.296843 1.747382 2.3432245" could > just be x="-3.296843". > Is that a possibility? > > Sincerely, > > Kim Hovorka > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

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Re: [Inkscape-user] resizing page without resizing drawing?
by Tony Vigil 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

I've never seen graphics rescale when I change my page size. Opposite to what was originally asked, how would one force objects to scale with the page when the page size is changed? I see mention of a viewBox attribute. Is that something that is only available through manual editing of the XML, or does Inkscape have this feature per object? If Inkscape isn't capable of doing this (yet), could it be a useful feature? - Tony

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match properties
by heathenx 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

Was thinking. In AutoCAD we have this feature called "Match Properties". Basically, if you have two different objects with different properties, say color, layer, or linetype, one can select the source object (the one with the properties that you want) and apply it's properties to the target object. Is there anything in Inkscape that is similar? heathenx

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Re: [Inkscape-user] resizing page without resizing drawing?
by Cedric Sagne 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

To bring some water to the mill, I had a "squashed" image problem importing in Scribus (those also on that list saw it). The image I drew is based on a vectorisation of a picture through VectorMagic, the vectoriser of Stanford University, which did add the viewbox attribute to all files I created through there. It is possibly also the case of files created in AI ! viewBox="0 0 132 175" A small Inkscape file does not create such an attribute. But is there indeed a place in the Inkscape GUI where it is visible? Cédric

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About PDF Import and a font name problem.
by Kim Hovorka 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

Hello, I have to import PDF files on a daily basis from PDF drivers such as Adobe PDF printer driver or PrimoPDF and when importing one thing I have recently learned as I am starting to work with inkscape is that the Font names seem to not get imported properly and perhaps this is a known bug. If the font used to print to the Driver is for example Times New Roman, when it is imported to SVG in inkscape it is converted to the name TimesNewRoman and the missing spaces are the main problem in the font name. If I use a text editor and do a search and replace on TimesNewRoman and replace it with Times New Roman then the font is used properly. I would hope this can be easily corrected. I have another question and I don't know if there is somewhere you can already do this. It would be nice if the X= value could be limited to just a single X coordinate rather than a list in my type of work so that the text string is a single string in positioning. Example: x="-3.296843 1.747382 2.3432245" could just be x="-3.296843". Is that a possibility? Sincerely, Kim Hovorka ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping

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